Monk Quotes Quotes

“A rich entrepreneur who lives a simple life with his family while helping as many people as he can, is more monk than a monk who lives a secluded life in a monastery meditating and begging.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Monk Meets World

“In my eyes there is no priest, no prostitute, only people.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Reformist or Terrorist: If You Are Terror I Am Your Grandfather

“Some people believe that Jesus was a monk. That makes sense, considering all of his students were just male. Women seemed like a distraction to him.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“The monks manage to get rid of all the detachments of the world except the detachment of daily meditation.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“When monks deny the existence of the I, they are not denying the existence of humanity or of man in general; but that of the ego only.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“I realised that ignorance is not a lack of information but a lack of vigilance and dedication in daily life.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo